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US 2016/0079921 A1Published application
Embedding data on a power signal
AssigneeCPG Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum, James D. Lilly, Basil F. Pinzone, JR., Joseph F. Pinzone
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for embedding data on a guided surface wave. A guided surface waveguide probe emits power as a guided surface wave received by a guided surface wave receive structure circuit. An aggregate electric load of the receiver circuit is modulated with reference to a data signal. A current at the guided surface waveguide probe is monitored. A data signal is recaptured at the guided surface waveguide probe.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a guided surface wave receive structure configured to obtain electrical energy from a guided surface wave traveling along a lossy conducting medium, wherein the guided surface wave is launched by a guided surface waveguide probe;
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- modulation circuitry configured to modulate an aggregate electric load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure with reference to a data signal.
A method comprising:
- receiving electrical energy in a form of a guided surface wave using a guided surface wave receive structure;
- supplying electrical energy to an electrical load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure;
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- modulating an aggregate electric load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure with reference to a data signal, wherein the aggregate electric load is presented by the electrical load and a variable control load.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting electrical energy in a form of a guided surface wave using a guided surface waveguide probe;
- detecting a modulation in current of the guided surface waveguide probe;
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- sampling the current to obtain an embedded symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.